"About a hundred sessions have been held on these issues, including a ministerial conference, a session of senior officials of [APEC] working groups, and also seminars and conferences," he said.

Talking about the meeting's agenda, Lavrov proposed that the participants consider food security, preparedness for emergencies, problems of the WTO Doha Round and development of multilateral trade on Wednesday. The parties will also discuss the building of reliable transport and logistics chains and active interaction toward innovation growth on Thursday.